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Construction Business
Competition Bureau orders Quebec divestiture
Quebec-based concrete supplier, Béton Provincial, will have to divest a ready-mix concrete plant that is part of its pending acquisition of a rival’s Quebec operations.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Few funds with Quebec’s student housing promise
There are few funds or details to accompany the 2024 Quebec budget's promise to help post-secondary institutions secure affordable student housing in the private market.
Canadian Property Management
Tax credit overhaul redirects Quebec revenue
The Quebec government has cancelled a tax credit for employers in small and medium-sized businesses who have workers aged 60+ years on their payrolls, and cut back on relief measures for the IT sector.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
1,000 affordable housing units announced for Quebec
Canada and Quebec have joined forces with Mission Unitaînés to build 1,000 new social and affordable housing units for independent seniors.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Quebec adopts new lease transfer bill
The new law in Quebec will allow landlords to reject a lease transfer for any reason, putting more power back in the hands of landlords.
Construction Business
Provinces push ahead on mass timber construction
British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec have jointly developed proposed code changes that would allow for taller mass timber buildings and more types of occupancy.
Construction Business
Quebec bankrolls in-demand construction trades
The Quebec government pledges $260 million over two years to launch new training for specialized trades and increase the intake of apprentices in the heating, electrical and plumbing fields.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada and Quebec announce major housing agreement
Canada and Quebec have entered into an agreement through the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) that will result in the creation of thousands of housing units.
CondoBusiness
Quebec home inspectors get standardized rules
Quebec is introducing standardized certification and skills upgrading requirements for home inspectors who conduct assessments related to sales transactions.
Canadian Property Management
CRE awaits spinoffs of new provincial spending
Quebec and Ontario have announced investment incentives that could have implications for land deals and/or technologies and products that commercial real estate uses.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Quebec’s school maintenance budget gets top-up
The newly released Quebec budget also promises $100 million over five years to allow post-secondary institutions to lease extra classroom space in commercial buildings.
REMI Network
Quebec universities unite on biodiversity pledge
Eleven Quebec universities have become founding members of an international movement that includes 117 universities worldwide.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Quebec leaves uncontested rent period in place
Quebec backs away from an amendment that would have shortened the current five-year period for uncontested rents in newly constructed rental housing.
REMI Network
In Quebec, women face gender pay gap straight out of university
The average pay gap between women and men who have a similar career path and work full time stands at nine per cent the first year they finish their CEGEP or university education.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Quebec updates rules for handling asbestos
Removal of drywall with asbestos compounds in the joint-filler has been reclassified from a low-risk to moderate-risk activity.
Canadian Property Management
Quebec budget boosts climate action spending
The budget also includes $232.5 million over five years to help universities and colleges rent additional space and $43 million to underwrite an extra 1,600 subsidized units in private rental housing.
Canadian Property Management
CDPQ flexes for green infrastructure allocations
The Quebec budget announces pending new investment rules to allow Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to increase allocations to infrastructure.
